quân tử bất khí

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 君子不器. From a saying of Confucius in the Analects.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwən˧˧ tɨ˧˩ ʔɓət̚˧˦ xi˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kʰɪj˨˩˦] ~ [kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ xɪj˨˩˦]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓək̚˦˥ kʰɪj˦˥] ~ [wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓək̚˦˥ xɪj˦˥]

Idiom

quân tử bất khí

  1. a gentleman is no specialist
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